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By David Dissanayake   I admit, before doing this interview with John Layman about the Chew/Revival crossover, I was not caught up on Chew and I had not read Revival  I was in love with Chew for a good long while but for reasons I can't recall, I had fallen behind on the series[...]

A look at the voice recording of Chew, a new animated series based on John Layman and Rob Guillory's Chew comic from Image, and starring The Walking Dead's Steven Yeun as Tony Chi and The Guild's Felicia Day as Amelia Mintz… With comic co-creator and script writer John Layman and director Jeff Krelitz, producing with David Boxenbaum[...]

I doubt it'll be the only Poyo-related product on sale at that show… John Layman and Rob Guillory team up to bring back CHEW fans' most beloved homicidal cybernetic kung-fu rooster in an all-new CHEW spinoff series: WARRIOR CHICKEN POYO. Where SECRET AGENT POYO was CHEW through a James Bond lens turned up to 11, WARRIOR CHICKEN[...]

John Layman has laid out what appeared to be a revamped Gotham from the sneak peeks back in the winter, but crafted a yarn that curled back into familiar territory: Scarecrow preying on the fears of heroes and citizens alike Having a utopian Gotham wouldn't work for two reasons: 1 Why would we revisit Gotham[...]

We were extremely fortunate – to the point that some of us didn't believe it – that this year we had a lineup that consisted of Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon, the extremely talented Brazilian duo behind stuff like Daytripper and Casanova, along with one of the best new writers in my view in John[...]

Mike Norton asks… What's this???? pic.twitter.com/PAaPua6egA — Mike Norton (@themikenorton) February 5, 2014 Well, Mike, I've just had it confirmed from one of the participants it is the Chew/Revival crossover coming from John Layman, Tim Seeley, Rob Guillory and Mike Norton from Image Comics, out in May 2014 Each team will do one half, then the other team[...]

Down In Robotown. Creators include Kyle Higgins, Brian Buccellato, Eric M Esquivel, Paul Jenkins, Marat Mychaels, Sina Grace, John Layman, Matt Nastos, hell it's even been lettered by Bleeding Cool's own Kickstarter-from-the-heart Shawn Demumbrum. And now published and for sale at the Amazing Arizona Con with a Rob Liefeld cover $10 per issue, a print run of[...]

Why not join me? UPDATE: Over $4000 now, including contributions from John Layman, Colleen Doran, Kaare Andrews,  Art Thibert, Jackie Estrada, Rob Liefeld, Fletcher Chu-Fong, Barbara Kesel and many more.   Clydene Nee is a regular volunteer staffer at San Diego Comic Con She works at Artists Alley, hell, she  runs Artists Alley, and has been principle[...]

When Francis Manapul and Brian Buccelato moved from Flash to Detective Comics, writer John Layman and artist John Fabok, who had been working on the comic for a year, planned to move onto the new Batman weekly comic, Batman Eternal. Except it now seems that's no longer the case Not for John Layman anyway. Layman, in a[...]

Rob Guillory works with John Layman on the Eisner and Harvey award winning Image Comic Chew He got pulled into the diversity in comics discussion that stemmed from the Image Expo today when he was mentioned by another Image artist, Jimmie Robinson (Bomb Queen) Guillory gave a good and unique insight into the discussion… plus[...]

But… the box is hand numbered out of 500 and all orders taken by January 10th will receive a replica ticket to a cockfight, signed by Chew's John Layman and Rob Guillory. Okay… and that's mine ordered How about you?   The Chew Smorgasbord got a mention in the Top 11 Graphic Novels of the year. How much[...]

Update – I've known John Layman for a while now and this one still got passed me Seems his earlier tweet was a bit tongue in cheek and I bit.   Oh, Jesus I was just venting Not trying to make news. — Slow News Day Layman (@themightylayman) December 18, 2013 That tweet was a joke CHEW sales way[...]

John Layman and Rob Guillory swamped a room at New York Comic Con today with a discussion of the rise and rise of the long-process road to success book Chew, coming soon to Smorgasbord Edition, signed and limited at the Con in only 350 copies The edition collects the first 20 issues and Layman says[...]

USA Today has the word: "It's a place for me to be able to work with good friends in terms of shaping Gotham in a bigger, grander and more game-changing way than ever before," says Snyder, who's working on the Eternalproject with artist Jason Fabok (Detective Comics) and a revolving crew of Bat-writers including James Tynion IV[...]

Yesterday we reported that John Layman was writing a new DC comic book, to be announced at NYCC We also said that he'd continue to write Detective Comics Well, we think we're right about the first part But not about the second. Because the comic that Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato are leaving The Flash to[...]

At Bleeding Cool, we're all big fans of John Layman Chew is a book that we keep under our pillows for when we think we're alone. Of late, Layman has also been writing DC Comics' Detective Comics, a return to the publisher he was once fired from for speaking out of turn on the internet. It doesn't[...]

I will be in one. Hope he has some Chogs as well. John Layman and Rob Guillory will be selling and signing copies at booths W17/W18 and selling at the Image booth during assigned signing times…. There's plenty of other Image exclusives for the show as well… The Image Comics and THE WALKING DEAD booth at New York Comic[...]

The queues for this mother were round the Image Comics block at San Diego Comic Con. The glow in the dark versions have sold for up to $120 on eBay. But

This is a line for John Layman's Chogs, vinyl recreations of the creatures from Chew, frogs injected with chicken DNA to create an attempt at a successful chicken substitute meat. And everyone wants one – he's only had limited numbers each day…       [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0PMyZral6s[/youtube] No, it's not a line for Mattell[...]

From John Layman and Rob Guillory's Chog, to the Hello Kitty Uglydolls to, you know, comics, this is my swag so far at San Diego Comic Con… Actually, does free breakfast count as Swag? In that case, here is Bleeding Cool's Chris Thompson joining me for a free breakfast from the Impractical Jokers TV show. I hope[...]

It is an option...

One of these will be mine. Oh yes, one of these glowy Chogs from Chew will be mine. I'm looking at you, San Diego Comic Con...

Cut up your comic! After all, there's a fair bit of cutting up going on inside the comic as well… Chew #34, by John Layman and Rob Guillory, is published today from Image Comics. This is the cover for Chew #34. And this is also the cover for Chew #34. And this. Inside each other, all three around one[...]

Another spectacular photobomb there from John Layman, on the adult film actress Siri, who cosplayed as Power Girl at Phoenix Comic Con. As this goes live, I'm in the air Or being detained by security Not sure I land in the UK on Tuesday morning Apologies for the reduction in service today… every.hing you read from[...]

Including, for some time, at Jonathan Glapion's booth. Which was, handily, next to Chew writer John Layman's booth Giving him the opportunity to… photo bomb.   Layman told me that not only did he do this to Siri much of the day (do check your photos please) but that he tries to make a habit of it at[...]

His last one was stolen. He only has this one now. But the Chogs are coming, the toy spinning off from the comic book Chew, in which chickens have been

John Layman, co-creator of Image comic book Chew, has been tweeting That always gets interesting And this time it concerns the much-publicised option that Showtime took on this comic about a cop who gets psychic flashes when he tastes something Which generally means he ends up licking corpses a lot. Layman tweets; I think it's going to[...]

The group also answered questions and gave tips to the cosplayers in the audience. [audio:http://www.thecomicbooks.com/Audio/13-04-27-ChewPanel.mp3] Chew: John Layman and Rob Guillory start of the panel by announcing the TV deal is dead, knowing that's what everybody wants to know He explained what happened with it and why he thinks Chew won't be done as a Live Action TV[...]

But it is also quite funny. Recently, Bleeding Cool ran an article including a discussion carried out with John Layman at a comic convention Then it continued into the comments One regular poster, and DC Comics lover Joe Kalicki disagreed with the description of Layman in the article as "polite". Joe: I don't know how "polite" he is, but[...]

Alex Wilson talked to John Layman at Amazing Arizona Comic Con; John Layman, the creator behind Chew and current writer on Detective Comics, is one of the most interesting men I have ever had the pleasure of meeting He's laid back and talks to fans, being polite and charismatic, taking time and signing regardless if someone[...]